Franco, Another possibility, IF (!) you don't set up an autoresponder in your email tool while you are gone, is to use the "Mail/Nomail" option. That way, Tech Net can stay "2000 strong" :<) [FROM : http://www.ipc.org/html/fsresources.htm] Additional Commands: SET <forum name> <option> Command enables/disables a specified option. EXAMPLE: TO: [log in to unmask] SUBJECT: MESSAGE: SET TechNet nomail Mail/Nomail Setting the NOMail option stops mail from the forum to you, but leaves you subscribed to the list. NOMail is often used by subscribers who are leaving the office for vacation or an extended business trip, and do not want a full mailbox when they return. Setting the Mail option is the complementary command that restarts mail delivery from the forum to you. It does not alter the Digest/Index normal delivery settings (see below). For example, to temporarily disable mail delivery from TechNet to your address, send the following command: SET TechNet NOMAIL Please note, if you use an auto-responder while on vacation without setting your subscription options to NOMail, your "vacation" messages may bounce back to the mail list and you may be "served off" from the forum when you return. This is because the server will be unable to process the message from your auto-responder and will consider it an error. Being "served off" simply means that any commands you send to mail list will be ignored until the forum administrator restores your normal status. -Tom Martin ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ################################################################ To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet ################################################################ Please visit IPC's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################